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package javax.tools;

/**
 * Interface for recognizing options.
 *
 * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface OptionChecker {

  /**
   * Determines if the given option is supported and if so, the
   * number of arguments the option takes.
   *
   * @param option an option
   * @return the number of arguments the given option takes or -1 if the option is not supported
   */
  int isSupportedOption(String option);

}
